as in myopic
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive

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Recent Examples of nearsighted The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users. Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024 With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision. Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024 With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision. Benjamin Botsford, The Conversation, 30 May 2024 Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away. Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for nearsighted
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Adjective
  • Stay true to your March vote, board members, and hire an interim CPS boss who won’t risk the system’s insolvency because of the mayor’s myopic ideological rigidity.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • Nurture them along and do not let the myopic pressures of others convince you otherwise.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Adjective
  • Although the city faces a significant deficit, slashing essential road maintenance is shortsighted.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
  • By most accounts, Trump’s trade war with China is incredibly reckless and shortsighted.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Nearsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearsighted. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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